Sichuan: Daocheng Xian.
Road (highway 217) from Litang to Sandui, NNE of Sandui, Haizi Shan.
Glacial boulder strewn area with rivulets, small ponds and wet depressions; vegetation dwarf (ca. 0.5 m tall) Salix and Rhododendron and gravelly openings. Granite bedrock.
29°27'28"N,
100°11'33"E;
4605 m.
Shrub ca. 2.5 m tall; leaves abaxially pale brownish, adaxially dark green; fruit green.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Liang-Liang YUE, Da-Cai ZHANG & Yong-Hong ZHANG